Golf-ball.



Patented May l3, I902.

E. KEMPS HALL.

GOLF BALL.

(Application filed Apr. 8. 1902.)

(No Model.)

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ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEMPSHALLMANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,876, dated May 13,1902.

Application filed April 8,1902. Serial No. 101,887. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, a citizen of the United States,residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Playing-Balls, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to playing-balls, and

especially to those which are subjected to se vere usage, as in the gameof golf; and its object is to reduce the liability of the ball becominglipped or cut by an implement or by striking a rock. I also aim toreduce the sensitiveness of the ball when given a light blow, as inputting, withoutimpairing its usefulness in driving. I also preventundue slip of the ball when in contact with the im- Fig. 5 is asectional view representing one means which may be employed in theprocess of manufacture of my improved ball.

Before proceeding with a more detailed de-- scription it may be statedthat I may employ any suitable core for the ball, to which I preferablyapply in any desired way a suit able body, to which in turn I applythe'fabric-cased external structure or shell of the ball, the combinedelements being subjected to compression under heat to give shape to andcomplete the ball.

Specific reference being had to the accompanying drawings by thedesignating characters thereon, A, Fig. 1, represents a completed ballconstructed substantially in ac. cordance with my present improvements,the same comprising a center or core 1 of any any suitable material,preferably india-rubher or other elastic substance, to which center orcore I apply a body 2, Fig. 1, also of any suitable material,preferablygutta-percha or the like, and which is constructed preferably ofhemispherical sections 3, Figs. 4 and 5, joined or welded together atthe points db. (See Fig. 5.) The said hemispherical segments may beapplied to the center or core in any suitable way, as bycompression-dies, it being evident, of course, that I may dispense withboth the centeror core and the segments, if desired, and make the bodyof the ball of one solid spherical mass. The use of said center or coreis preferred, however, in the present instance. To the outer surface ofthe body of the ball I apply in any suitable way a fabriccased outerstructure or shell 5, Fig. 1, which may be constituted of an y preferredsubstance or material (3, such as celluloid, capable of being softenedor rendered plastic by heat, combined with a suitable woven fabric 7,attached to or partially embedded in one side or surface thereof,preferably leaving the other side free for direct contact andassociation with the surfaces of the applied hemispherical sections 3 ofthe body. I preferably apply said fabric-cased outer structure or shell5, Fig. 1, also in the form of hemispherical sections B, Fig. 3, whichare placed upon the body 2 of the ball, and then the structure issubjected to compression under heat in suitable dies 8 and 9 for thepurpose shown in Fig. 5. While being thus compressed the materials ofboth the body 2 and the outer structure or shell 5 are softened by theaction of the heat of the dies, and the adjacent surfaces of saidelements blend and become practically united, and in this Way there'isno liability to displacement of the outer structure or shell upon saidbody. The pressure of the dies also unites the outer fabric casing withthe material of the said outer structure or shell more perfectly, andthe adjacent faces of the hemispherical sections of which the latter ismade up are firmly united or welded in a manner quite apparent. Theunion of such faces is also such as to present no roughness orunevenness of the edges of the fabric element of said hemispheres, and Ithus obtain a perfectly-spherical fabric-cased playing ball possessingall the desirable qualities of such a structure or embodiment.

Variations may be made without departure from the spirit and scope of myinvention, as is evident.

ball comprising a shell of celluloid upon which said cover is applied;the cloth being incorporated with the celluloid.

5. A playing-ball having a sectional cloth cover, said ball comprising asphere of plastic material and a casing consisting of welded segments ofcelluloid each of which has in-r corporated therewith a section of saidcloth cover.

ELEAZER KEMPSHALL.

Witnesses:

B. C. STIOKNEY, JOHN O. SEIFERT.

